Aspekti Publìčnogo Upravlìnnâ (Sep 2018)

Theoretical approaches to the conceptual-categorical apparatus of cybersecurity in the system of public administration

  • E. V. Kubanov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15421/151846
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 8
pp. 49 – 55

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The article analyzed the scientific approaches to the concept of «cybersecurity». The author defined the concept of «cybersecurity of the public administration system», which is understood as the basis of the national security of Ukraine, which forms the security of the state, society, public administration system, and the population of the country in the cybernetic space through the creation of legitimate mechanisms for ensuring the cybersecurity of public administration. The article identified internal and external threats. The author highlighted the main elements of the cybersecurity system of public administration, in particular: information, information and communication systems; threats; mechanisms of providing cybersecurity of the public administration system; subjects of the cybersecurity of the public administration system. Integration of Ukraine into the European space and the reform of the spheres of economy, industry and defense has called for a radically new approach to information and cybernetic security. Cyberspace as an arena of conflicts between states, organizations, and officials is one of the most pressing problems of the present. The article analyzes the scientific approaches to the concept of «cyber security» and states that cybersecurity of the system of public administration is the basis of the national security of Ukraine, which forms the security of the state, society, public administration system, and the population of the country in the cybernetic space through the creation of legitimate mechanisms for ensuring the cybersecurity of public administration. Separate internal (corruption actions; hardware bookmarks in chips and firmware of computer and network equipment; weak organization of the cyberspace management system) and external threats (targeted attacks, cyberterrorism, cyberwar, hatcism, attacks on banking systems, attacks on e-government).

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